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A photo illustration combining shaking hands, a worker protest and text from "A National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards" including the signature of US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.
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Faculty Should Lead Way in Responding to Compact 2.0

No university should respond to Secretary McMahon’s letter without significant faculty involvement.

By Kumble Subbaswamy

Cover of the book “How Dare You: An HBCU President’s Fight for Half a Billion Dollars Owed—and the State’s Actions to Avoid Payment” next to a headshot of the author Glenda Baskin Glover, a Black woman with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a blue suit and red lipstick.
Government State Policy

The Fight for Fair Funding at One Historically Black Land-Grant University

A new book from the former president of Tennessee State University reveals her battle to regain $544 million in documented underfunding.

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Quick Takes

Arkansas Baptist College Board Terminates President

Arkansas Baptist College President William Walker Jr. was terminated for unspecified reasons Monday after being placed on leave last week...
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Opinion
Columns Editor’s Note

Behind the Scenes of the College Presidency

For three years, The Sandbox has revealed a side of higher education leadership most of us will never see.

By Sara Custer

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Opinion
Columns Small World

Building a Cabinet

Gordon talks to Rachel about hiring upper-level administrators.

By Rachel Toor and E. Gordon Gee

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Quick Takes

Broward College President Agrees to Step Down

After 18 months on the job, Broward College President Torey Alston is out. Alston and the Board of Trustees struck...
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Enough With the Performative Apologia

Let’s have an honest conversation about civic trust and higher education.

By Bradford Vivian and Lara Schwartz

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Quick Takes

UNC System Answers McMahon’s ‘Call to Action’

Just over two weeks after Education Secretary Linda McMahon called on colleges to outline their plans for reform, the University...